About Us
Innovative Camp Company was created to solve a need - a need to redesign the box and streamline the process. We support youth-serving organizational leaders with the complexities of balancing daily operations and strategic direction. We find the solutions and products they need so they can focus on growing their mission.
At Innovative Camp Company, your mission is our mission.
As a graduate of Texas A&M University with a foundation in educational psychology, Sterling is an experienced nonprofit executive with capacity-building and youth development expertise. Sterling has a proven track record in implementing best practices for business and multi-million dollar budget management, fostering a philanthropic culture, establishing cross-collaborative teams, and delivering intentional, outcome-based work.
She is a dedicated advocate for program safety and quality, championing outcome-based intentional programming, equitable access to youth development initiatives, and education in the out-of-school space. In her multifaceted roles as a consultant, executive, educator, speaker, volunteer, and writer, Sterling brings a wealth of experience, sharing best practices, research, and tools with industry leaders.
Engaged in the youth development and nonprofit space for three decades, Sterling's commitment is deeply rooted. The challenges of the pandemic ignited Sterling's passion for quality programs, leading her organization's initiatives to a remarkable 400% growth. Simultaneously, she volunteered as a key member of the American Camp Association COVID-19 task force and extended her expertise through consulting. Sterling's strength in capacity building and operational management proved instrumental in helping organizations nationwide reach youth through diverse channels, with a paramount focus on safety and effective communication.
Kendra Perkins
Consultant
Connect about consulting services:
Kendra@InnovativeCampCompany.com
Learn more about Camp SAY:
Kendra@SAY.org
With two decades of rich experience in youth development programming, Kendra brings a wealth of expertise in program management and content development. Her expertise extends to the complexities of overseeing residential programs for youth, encompassing supervision best practices, mental health and wellness supports, risk management, innovative program and activity development, food services (including managing special dietary needs), and housekeeping.
Throughout her career, Kendra has been dedicated to working with youth and adults with disabilities and illnesses. With a master’s degree in special education, her culminating thesis focused on youth resiliency.
Kendra is proud to call Camp SAY her camp home, serving as the full-time Camp Director. Camp SAY, a program of SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young, is a sleep-away summer camp for young people who stutter. Camp SAY is rooted in the arts, giving kids who stutter the opportunity to develop confidence and independence, improve communication skills, and form lifelong friendships. This role marries several of Kendra's passions. Before transitioning to camp, Kendra worked as an educator specializing In deaf education and speech.
Kendra is a dedicated volunteer in the camp space, assuming national leadership roles and speaker engagements in the areas of staff and volunteer recruitment and retention. As an innovator, she unites leaders from across the country, fostering collaborative environments to share best practices and ground-breaking approaches in the field of special populations camping.
